Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett, recently joined Boyd on his “Therefore, What? podcast” to discuss how America is more technologically connected than at any point in history, yet social capital seems to be in decline, political divisions run deep, communities are crumbling, and the country appears to be more narcissistic and fragmented than ever before. Robert Putnam, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, and Shaylyn Romney Garrett, writer and founding contributor to Weave: The Social Fabric Project, are co-authors of The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again. Boyd shares highlights from the podcast and how it can help us spark an “upswing” now. 

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